"The Great British penny could be at risk of being scrapped," said Chris Matthews in the Daily Mail. This year, for the first time ever, the Treasury has placed no new orders at all for new coins from ...

I’ve got a huge jar of 1 and 2p coins. Some are from the 1970s, 80s and 90s – and others are more modern. I’ve seen the price of copper has gone up hugely in recent times. My question is, is the ...